A €30,000 Apartment Gem! Shabby Chic Deal in Roccasecca, Italy!

Love this one!

Great shots!

There is no property tax. Tell my if I bought a house out right there could I afford to live there say on social security of about 1300 to say Hopefully 1500 a month plus my 401 k

A designer I knew once said, "if you cannot improve it enough to quantify the renovation dollars, pull the ugly into an artistic expression".....perfect example of that. But easy to upgrade and it a GREAT place..

Great opening and real money talk. I will look around for quite sometime, hang out in some places for a while to see what time it is, so to speak. Searching is half the fun.

Thanks for the video. How does it work with the other flat/apartment in the building, I mean who is responsible for what (the roof, external walls, foundations etc)?

I must confess, this looks like a pretty desperate proposition. I don't mind working on and renovating a property, but this configuration and this town is not my cup of tea. I took what you said about "spending your life here in Italy" to heart, and I prefer your other properties.

Very important opening statement Brad and I think you should occasionally insert it into videos in the future. Italy is not dying but it is losing population and some places will see a slight increase and some a big decline. My short philosophy is, make your money in America, have a life in Italy.

Would owner take payments on the apartment?

Little ghetto but what you except for 30k

Very good advice regarding the nonliquidity of most Italian real estate. Such a different market from Maui. The window hardware in Italy is far better than most I have seen in the USA. The quirkiness of the apartment would suit me for a vacation. I admit it...I've been stealing those toilet seats! I have walls and walls of them. 🤣

More Shabby, less Chic LOL! Love the intro, I am looking for something that I expect to be in the family forever.

Nice place, a bit small, wish it had a cantina; I would open up part of that thin wall between the kitchen and dining room and have a long pass-through, with a nice marble countertop, so you can see from the kitchen into the dining room.

I would design a small kitchen on the second floor, ( while improving on the first floor kitchen and adding a small bathroom on first floor ) and if the municipality allows this, then, I would have two small apartments. One on each floor.

A very good point and something I've also noticed in my research. There's a coupe properties I've liked and noticed recently they are still for sale after a couple years. Those walls would kind of go with restoration hardware furniture.

Amen. The last thing Italy needs right now is real estate speculators making it impossible for locals to buy a home. Look at the disasters they have caused in Australia, Canada, NZ and America.

You buy a home in Italy as your forever home, you keep it in the family and pass it down to your kids.

Nice place. The price is very good. Obviously you will have to spend money, but you will have a nice property.

Very important opening comments Brad. 😊

This apartment is 1/3 the cost of 1 year of my son’s college tuition 😮

Sir, thank you for explaining the truth of property ownership in Italy, the other posts aren't honest and one could make a bad business decision without knowing the truth when leaving their home country. I also commend you for establishing room rentals in you beautiful home in Tuscany. Happy Holidays and Happy NEW YEAR

I just can’t get passed having to go upstairs and passed neighbors to get to the rest of the apartment…Thanks for showing!

Um cortiço .

Honest advice is hard to find these days!

I think you could add a kitchenette on the upper space and try to reconfigure the lower level to add a bathroom and make this 2 small studio type units.

I would only buy to love and live there.

wow love this